Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 8, 1903, Page 15

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1903. ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES Aside Katherine Willard theaters presented from the return engagement of the last week a* the nothing that may not s well be forgotten. It 444 give us some things we are mot likely to forgel soon, that is to say, tha: portion of us who went to see them. For example, there 18 the fire scene 1u “A Ragged Hero.” It's absurd in conception, and all Wt laugha- ble In execution, but the spectacle of a lttle girl in her nightie, with the waves of red fire billowing up abont her, waiting to be snatched from apparently certain in- cineration by the tattered and torn hero, doesn’t fall to hold the watchers in breath. leas sucpense, and the nightly rescue is a certain provocative of lusty c%eering In “Lovers’ Lane” a genuine miracle was worked, ome aimost as wonder’ul as the cleansing of the lepers in “Ben Hur. One of the characters, an old maid, is dea! #s an adder, and her faithful old admirer has to shout at the top of his voice to make bher hes But when she walked into the minister's study, the reverend gentle- man addressed her In a conversational tone, soft and soothing, such as yount preachers are always expected to use when addressing elderly ladies.—and she an- #wered with a promptness and fluency that astounded one who had just pitied her on account of her aurjcular deficiemcy. It was noticed that immediately her old crony re- sumed his conversation with her, in the absence of the minister, her deafneas re- turned; this giving the impressior that ber afficjion due to the fact that ebe couldn’t always be under the influence of that perfectly lovely young man Clyde Fitch created. for stage purposes. To an outsider, though, it seemed that the stage manager had overleoked a bet. It would be very hard to pick from the many fea- tures of “The Moonshiner's Daughter” any one that may be called pre-eminent, but it 18 violating no confidence to say that the principal item of expense for maintaining the company is the ammunition bill. Just Down at the Creighton-Orpheum a bill that was in many waye the best of the sea- son bad excellent patronage. The steady attendance at the vaudeville house this winter has been a constant evidence of the | popularity of this form of amusement in Omaha, and as Omaha's experience is no different ‘rom that of other places where the vaudeville has its own home, the con- clusion ia warranted that there is no im- mediate probability of the performers being driven to other methods of gaining a livelihood. The Orpheum Circuit com- pany will have a new theater in Denver next season, and its present combination will be made that much stronger. Some idea of the growth in the “show business,” as the managers refer to their calling, may be gained from the statement that while there are already forty theaters running in full blast in the borough of Manhattan alone, the foundations for eix new ones are laid and comstruction well under way on their walls, while plans for four others have been submitted to and en- | dorsed by the city authorities and work on their construction will be commenced as 500 #s the weather will allow. it s the intention of the projectors of these theaters to have them in readiness to open with the beginning of next season. If they succeed, New York will go into the season of 1903-4 with fifty theaters. If these have an aver- age capacity of 2,000, which is nmot large, and business remains as good as it has been this season, it will give 100,000 people at the theaters every night in New York City alone. Admission will average 31 a head, so that the expenditure will be $100,000 a night, or for the season of forty weeks, $28,000,000 for theatrical amusements in one city. Includiag the companies, each house _will employ an average of 100 people, mak- ing an army of 5,000 dependent directly on the New York theaters for employment. Twenty-five bundred as least of these will be actors. At an average wage of $26 per week, whick 1s not high, these people ag- tached to the New York theaters will rep- resent a pay roll for the forty weeks of the season of §5,000,000. People Indirectly con- nected with or dependent on the theaters will represent half as much more, and the rest of $20,000,000 will easily be expended in the necessary expenses of maintaining the business. At least $20,000,000 will be fmmediately returned to the local channels of trade by these show houses, so that their existence will be a great item in the retail business of Gotham. With amusement enterprises of this mag- nitude it is no longer a wonder that New York is referred to as the show center of the world. Probably mo otber city can point to anything like™this showing. But to pursue the matter a lttle further, al- though exact figures are not at hand, nor is 1t known where any may be found, care- ful and sdmittedly conservative estimates will astonish the individual who has given the matter only casual thought. Outside of the borough of Manhattan in the United States there are three cities of over 1,000,- 000 inhabitants each; allow to these six thesters each n every night in the week for forty weeks each year. Sixteen citles have over 200000 and less than 1 000,000 inhabitants: allow them three theaters each; twenty-seven cities have over 100,000 and less than 200,000 inhab- ftants; allow to them two theaters each and 122 cities have between 25,000 and 100,- | ®0 inhabitants, and these are given one ' theater each. This makes in what may be | ed the large cities outside of New York | city 342 theaters open every night during the season of forty weeks; cutting the New York attendance in three and giving an average of 700 at $1 each, the nightly expenditure for theater tickets in these | cities is $169,400, or $47.432.000 for the sea- son. It takes as many people to rum a theater outside of New York as it does there, and the road companies are as big, 8o that the average of 100 still holds good Allowing the same average of $25 per week pay, the pay roll of these 242 theaters amounts ®weekly to $605,000, or $24,200,000 | for the eemson. The incidental pay rolls 1s tully balf as much more, or a total pay | roll growing out of the theatrical business | outside of New York city of $36,300,000. Ex- penses on the road are much higher than in New York, so that the big end of the company managers' share of the box office | receipts, which will be about $36,000,000, | goes to the world ‘of trade again in the | form of salaries and expenses. The house manager also contributes his share to ex- | penses. | Outside of these large cities are several hundred smaller towns, ranging from 25,000 | inhabitants down, each of which has a | theate- that is open more or less frequently | during the theatrical season. It probably wouldn't be overstating the fact to say that the people of the United States pay at | least $90,000,000 annuaily for admission to the theaters during the winter months. More than 30,000 people are directly en- gaged In the business, and half as many | more are directly dependent upon it in an incidental way. While these figures are all estimates, there is reason to believe that they are under rather than over the exact facts. | One of the new theaters which is being | put up in New York at present is Oscar Hammerstein's ninth adventure in the the- ater-building line. It will be called the Drury Lane and be devoted to melodrama. It fronts on Thirty-fourth street, 100 feet west of Eighth avenue, and occuples ten full ecity lots, running through to Thirty- fifth street. Three years ago Mr. Hammer- stein purchased the site for $300,000, but it has risen immensely in value since. Mr. Hammerstein's intention is to have not only the largest, but the best theater in the country. It wili have a seating capacity | of 4,500, with three balconies, the price of seats in the top balcony being 15 cents, and the highest priced seat in the house being 75 cents. Mr. Hammersteln says he can ,arrange the accoustics of the building so that a speaking voice can be heard from the stage in any part of the house. This is one of the tricks he has learned in his great experience as a theater builder, but he isn't telling just how it is to be done. The foun- dations of the building, which cost $120,000 and required 3,000,000 brick, are finished, and the owner says he will dance a Jig on the roof in May. The Drury Lane will cost when complete $1,500,000. The stage is to be immense, 125 feet wide and 80 feet deep, with a proscenium opening of 75 feet, the largest ever undertaken. Under the stage will be a tank 40x80, for use during spec- tacular productions, and Mr. Hammerstein says if the action of the play calls for it, be will lay a rafiroad track across the stage and run a locomotive over it. A roof garden will erown the top of the Drury Lane, and the theater will be opened in the fall with & melodrama. Daniel Frohman is bullding & mew Lyceum theater on Forty- sixth street, between Broadway and Sixth { avenue. It will be opened in September by E. H. Sothern in a new play called “A Proud Prince.” The Hudson is on Forty- fourth street, between Broadway and Sixth avenue, and is rapidly nearing completion. It is being bullt by the Henry B. Harris company, and will be opened by Ethel Barrymore. Klaw & Erlanger are building the New Amsterdam, on Forty-first street, with its main entrance on Forty-second, opposite the Belasco. It will cost §1,200,000 and its owners say it will be the most beau- titully decorated theater in the counmtry. Reginald DeKoven is bullding the Lyric, and the Sires are behind the Royal. The theaters for which permits have been | granted, but on which construction work RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA AND KIDNEY TROUBLE CURED BY THE USE OF SWANSON “5 one bottie of * has benefitted me twenty years, and | ik fby H § s, £ B ik 3 All that is juired to keep in per- foct heaith is to have the disease germs destroyed, the blood purified, and the perves and muscles restored to mormal condition. 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In two nd in ‘was coufined i ~vken internally it rids the blood, the wric acid and other poisonous mat- It never fails to It has effected It has pever failed to cure the most | i ‘” | Miss | “A Gambler's Daughte | by coolly staking $75,000 on the turn of a | power which enables her to control those | | of Bstelle, | of the new Ma: " has not yet commenced, are the Liberty, | Comedy, Harlem and a new hwrmml!i house One of the really fimportant announce- | ments of the week is to the effect that | Henrietta D. Crosm I8 to be the star a he Belasco theuter, New York, mext sea- son. It was given out last week that neither Mrs. Carter, Miss Bates nor Mr Warfield would be the star at the Belasco next season, but Mr. Belasco declined to | say who would have the theater. He bta so far declined to confirm the announce ment that Mise Crosman is to be his great attraction; and Maurice Camfpbell, the lady's husband-manager, declines to more than tentatively deny the report. As Mr Campbell 1s one of the chief engineers of the Independent Booking agenmcy, and as Miss Crosman i one of the four “Inde- pendent” attractions, the reasons for their not admitting that they have gone back to | the fold of the hated “eyndicate” are ap- | parent, but well posted men say they will not be surprised if the nmews proves true Crosman's stellar orbit bhas been somewhat circumscribed since her break with the syndicate, and if she should be given an opportunity to occupy the Belasco for the season it will be a great personai triumph for her, as well as a return to a field of activity which will give her an opportunity to appear at the best houses in the large cities instead of at the “barn 1t is also announced that the play for Miss | Crosman will be a dramatization of Eger. ton Castle’s “Comedy of Bath.” Coming Events. | | that The week opens this afternoon at the | Boyd with a melodrama which judging from its advertising matter is about the acme of this form of wttractions. The engage- ment includes Monday night. Its title fs | * and the daughter ! leads a most strenuous life, thwarting vil- | lains and performing deeds of heroism to save the man she loves. While she is doing i all this her Jover is busy dodging death in many horrible forms and making hero dec lamations. The villains are overworked too. There is something doing every min- ute from the time the heroine escapes strangulation in the early part of the play until she saves her father's credit and bonor card at a faro game in the last act. The scenery is said to be adeguate to all the demands made upon it. The company Is | s2id to support their principals with true melodramatic loyalty &nd fervor. “Unorna,” a dramatization of F. Marion Crawford's novel, “The Witch of Prague,” with Mrs. Brune, remembered here for her | work in ““Theodora last season in the title | role, will be seen at the Boyd Tuesday and | Wednesday matinee and night. The play is | sald to be out of the conventional order of | the dramas of its kind. An air of mystery | and of the occult pervades it. The scenes are laid in India and in Prague, Bohemia Unorna is a priestess in the temple of Jolah, | near Delhi, India. She possesses an occult | about. Jealous of her powers she is de- | coyed from Delhi by an Arablan, who takes her to Prague, where he hopes to use her powers to his own ends. At Prague an English army officer falls in love with her despite the fact that he is the affanced of | an English woman who resides at Prague. This arous Unorna's jealousy and she, finding the English woman at a church, at- | tempts to desecrate the altar of the place of worship and is stricken blind. Later she 1s taken to Delhi and everything ends hap- | pily. Mrs. Brune has an excellent support. It Includes Errol Dumbar, Frank Henning, | Junius Brutus Boath, Claus Boght, Nancy | Paget, Hilda Vernon, Alice Forbes. Creatore, the eccentric, acrobatic leader of the Italian band which bears his mame, will be seen for s single performance Thursday night. Creatore was here season before last and at that time created quite an impression by his manner of conduct- ing and the results he gained from it. Last season he had his band at Hammerstein's roof garden for 100 nights. His band num- bers sixty musicians, many of them being | famous in Italy as soloists. The following program will be rendered: March—Columbus : Creatore Overture—William Tell . “Rossin{ Organ Offertorio Batiste Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. % ... Lisst Overture—Zampa. “Herold Loin du Ball......... Gillet | Soprano Solo—Hugueno ‘Meyerbeer | Mme. Barili Selection—Carmen -Bizet Madame Barili, & sopranc said to possess a splendid voice is the vocal soloist of the organization. “The Telephone Girl," a musical comedy that has been seen here several times, will be given at the Boyd Friday and Saturday nights and a matinee Saturday. The com- pany is said to be equal to any yet seen in | it and the production is said to be the same. Milton Dawson will have the role of the inspector and Edith Valmaceda that | the telephone girl. W. F. Dolan e will handie the role of Colonel Goldtop, the | milionaire, and Grace Guerite that of | Beauty Fairfax. The chorus numbers forty. | The bill opening the week, with a mati- | nee today, at the Orpheum should bid even a little stronger than the average to the | vaudeville enthusiest, as well as those who | are a little blase, for with one exception | the “stunts” are presented by performers | who have never appeared at the local house. | Comedy will predominate the yragram, v | of the acts being cast in this of amusement. W. H. Murphy and Blanch Nichols will present & sketch entitled “The Bifurcated Girl,” in which they have met with phenomenal success for the past two seasons. The trials of an advance agent for a theatrical company and a would-be sctress form the basis of the sketch, which as the pame implies, is unique and is cal culated to fill ite allotted time with laugh- | ter. A travesty of the stalrway scene from | is a feature. A skit called “Fun the Zoo” will serve Nelson's Comiques, ur in number, who intermix comedy with acrobatics. Morrissey and Ritch, two talk ative exponents repartee, will contribute “Bapho” al to the fun in “Merry Moments.” “Hooked | by Crook,” a little scion of the “legitimate” | drama, will be the offering of Mason, | Keeler and company. McCur and Cahill will have a little of their own unique brand of entertainment, while the musical fea- ture will be Kronan's White Tacherkess trid] the latest sigging contribution (o vaudeville from a forelgn land. These three operatic artists hail from Russia. They | carry special stage settings showing an arctic scene and wear handsome white cos tumes of imperial pattern. The kinodrome | views will be entirely new iy of Stageland. “Sky Farm” has ciosed its road lour. and | 80 has “McCarthy's Mishaps.” Harry Luckstone has joined the *“Nancy | | Brown' company, replacing Albert Parr. | Beryl Hope h: aiverce in New Jersey from her H Wrigh. | rederic A. Stanley is now in New York to arrange for an Australian tour of Little Princess. ™ Once more the rumor creeps up that the | Hawthorne sisters, {hree in number, intend | 10 SIAT LexXt season George T. Eraden is the business manager s opera house recently de- dicated in Piqua, O. The new Btar theater being built in Pitts- burg by R. M. Gulick has been added to the Stalr & Haviin clroult | Al Maude Odell is now heing starred at the head of a stock company the Grand opera houre in San Trancisco The contemplated X abroad of David Belasco has been med for a brief fime owing 1o & dealh in the tamily Relics of the da: hen Ada Rehan was star at Daly's in New York were sold at C | this 18 her home the is sure | company during 1801, | youthtul | had been respectfully saluted. | on in engagement i1he Lieblers intend continue “The Christian” on tour next season ana B. J Morgan will again j.ay John Storm for a few of the opening we: ks Alice Lonnon, who was taken ill in Phila delphin, been discharged from the hos- pital. Dut is not iikely to continue with E. 8 Willard this season. The collection of Jewels of the Kate Castieton, who dled about ten years ago, 10 be sold at auction in Oakland, Cal., this week. Their value is placed at 330,000 Bertha Galland wili play o spring en gagement at the Columbla theater in ‘ashington with * Romeo and Julet The Pride of Jennico” and possibly *Mac- beth His Majesty and the Mald" is the ti.e selected for the new romantic Joseph Le Branft in which Maiy will_star next season. She wii be un the management of Samuel Lewis The 20th perfo,mance of *ihe Mariage of Kitty was celebrated at Wyndham's theater in London on February 16, whon a souvenir in the shape of a Tempest, autographed by tributed 1o the audience. portrait ‘of Marie erself. was die- George Fa . the Baltimore actor- manager, has secured Mrs. Osborne's play- house and therein Inetallcd Miss Jlary Shaw, who guve Ibsen's “Ghosts' to the peop.e who had declined comedy of the monern sort and Shakespeare’'s plays done without scenery Lewitt Clinton, who will be recalled in Omaha as a member of the Ferris stock died in Weanesday trom typhold fever. He had been sick several weeke. After leaving Omaha Mr, Clinton went to San Francisco where he was shot and dangerously wounded by a jealous woman_ and he had never fully recovered from the effects of wound George Ade’s bright “Peggy from Paris” is proving a decided success in Chicago, at the Studebaker. where it has been running for severai weeks, and will hold the boards there unt# the summer season. .dr. Aue s=ems ta be ns successful in comic opera writing as he has been in the newspaper field. The opern is beautifully staged and is drawing crowded housts nightly in Chicago. “Peggy new comic ‘opera | from Paris” will not be seen west of Chi- cago fhis year. opy of Der Artist a German to the amusem Y as to this effect: “Young man. aged 2, graduate prominent colieg €ood in pantomime. posing and fl)\nkfln! speaking and writing perfectly ench, English, Dutch, German and Portuguese, desires a situation In a cifeus company or theater; acts as carrer in equilibristic work or as catcher in aerial acts; would prefer locating in_italy, France, ‘Turkey, | Algerta, Egypt or South Ameriea.” Tymb- fing a5 Gy masttice’ Bave ween evioatly taken seriously in this youth's case 1t does not detract from the feeling of public gratitude due the press agent that most of the stories he tells about his star have never happened to him. In fact, some of the incldents certain players are made | participants in were cld centuries ag>. Many a good story Is thus rescued from oblivion. In this way it is told of a certain comedian who was once touring a remote part of Ireland, that he had to stay over night at a wayside inn not usually fre- quented by visitors. In the morning he i formed the landlord that his boots whic had been placed outside his room door, had not_been touched. “Ah, shure,’ sald the landlord, “and you molgm put your watch and chain outside your room door in this house and they wouldn't be touched.” Bernhardt, who, years ago, when she shone in the Theater Francais, played the title role in Racine's “Andromaque,” has lately reappeared as Hermione in the same play, and with unbounded applhuse. Her art she gave to a rising young Dutremme, ‘who was warmiy ap- This waif comes by way of Lon- “In_her_loge, in the intervals of the waits Mme. Bernhardt was recelving her friends. To the herald of the Pall Gazette the lrl!?dlennf was especial gracious. ‘Ah,’ she said, when her hand ‘you w. ““Hermione. actress plauded don: know why 1 have chosen cause 1 wanted to! And she laughed a little laugh of triumph. ‘Besides, rou know, one must give th ung ones a chance- and Mme. Dufresne has plenty of talent for such a part as Andromaque; wasn't it fine' MUSIC AND MUSICHANS The musical man of The Bee, elsewise the critic, sometimes the musical editor and occasionally “professor,” is asked thi question: “Is Omaha really musical?” | Sometimes the form is varied and he is asked if “Omaba is & musical town”" The latter question was propounded to me & day or so ago by one of the most eminent jurists of the state of Nebraska. Defend- ing the city as a fousical point, I, course, stated that Omaha was one of the most musical pllees on the face of the map. “Then why,” said he, “do comic operas pay here and legitimate musical en- terprises go begging?” 1 tried to argue that this fact, ably tr~ in Omaha, wi so true in other * instance, when grand opera s go one may find it easy to pro- cure good seats in the Auditorium, where one block away, st the Studebaker, ome cannot possibly secure & good seat. Even in New York one could recently ' buy tickets for grand opera, but with a dash of “‘bacteris in it ing to “standing room only.” Yes, after all, Omaba is a pretty good town, musically as well as commercially. But is Omeaha a musical town?” the question. The answer is, Yes! Omaha may turn out poor audiences for a pilano recital, but after all, when Pad- erewski plays here, is the audien I think that it depends largelv upon the attraction whether Omaha is there or not Josef Hoftmann played a pretty good housc. Is Omaba a musical town? Well, there are over 300 singers taking part in church services every Sunday in OmAba, and 1 think that therein is a good sign. These are singers that 1 know of. And there are many more Omaha has a very exclusive choral clety of 150 volces, and, by the word ex- clusive, ] mean that unless members tend all of the rehearsals they are dropped from the membership roll. Furthermcre, each member is examined as to reading ability before securing membership. play- That is s0- The Woman's club is an aggressive force | for music ip Omaba. Its musical depart- ment is a force that cannot be ignored Every meeting makes for the progress of musical knowledge and the maintenance of high standards. The teachers, especially the plano teach ers, give frequent “pupils’ recitals” and the ehcirmasters give interesting programs every Sunday The society people, they of the smart set do mot support music as they might, sl though there are in society some very ex- cellent musicians. There are singers, plan- ists, composers, many of whom have re- ceived thorough musical educstion. But— let us be honest—is any musical event in Omaha a soclety affair? Do we see such a well dressed house for a distinetively le- gitimate musical event as we do for “King Dodo™ or ope of the modern trivjalities of the slleged comic opera world? No, we | must admit the sternness of this fact. It is now time for Lenten reflections As 1 commented last year, the Lenten penance of soclety is to give a series of musicales at private houses! We are in clined to critigiee a talented person who does not study to develop his gifts. But should we not also ask ourselves what we are doing as supporters and patrons of the art this world, but there is also reofs for good lsteners of which comes under the head of the question, “Is Omaha & musiesl city?” Viewed from the standpoint of the stu- dent, it is & very musical place. Viewed trom the standpoint of society's patronage. f an enormous Chicago_on | busi- | of | lament - | drams | small? | There is room for good performers in | auction during the week. Prices realised | ty poos Now ' | Indicate that Xd.r charms have been for. ® % & sighty i gt swrnge - gotten by a fickle public do not mean to say that society people do Blanche Bates is booked for a lengthy not pay for musical attractions. They do stay in San Francisco next October. As | as a rule, when such affairs are brought to their direct notice For ins o0, If & musician leaves his | studio and gets out in the street with a | subscription let, few of the amart set will “turn him down.” But In & city of Omaha's sive, such ticket-peddiing should not be necessarsy The women who have in charge the Len- | ten musicales are doing a good work, which Ttondly hope to see broaden out inte affairs | of a much more public nature As far ae it goes, it it excellent, because 1t Is creating a sentiment in the right place for the right kind of music May it expand. The eyes of the student | are looking for the works of the masters | presented in Omaha. Will the sthart set make it possible. They can | Miss Buckiey of Chicago sang last week | at the first of the Lenten musicales. Miss Buckley does many things well and gives | | an artistic touch to her work. But had an | | Omaha singer wandered from pitch and | “pushed” for tone as Miss Buckley did | methinks the Omaha singer would hear | about it. Miss Buckley, in being so earn- | estly applauded, is fortunate that she does | ot live in Omaha. | Two new worke have been given Omaha this season by Omaba singers, | | Coming of the King” (Buck) and “Flori- | ana” (Whiting). Not one word of praise was given to any singer participating by io | “The | | | | AMUSENMENTS. BOYD’S THEATRE WOODWARD & BURCES -amgon. The Semnat 1 Melo- THIS AFTERNOON—TONIGHT—MONDAY NIGHT. A GAMBLER'S DAUGHTER BY OWEN DAVIS, SWEET AND PATHETIC. HEART T. PRICES —Matines, 25c. 50c; Night, 25c, S0c. 75: Drama of Modern Life CHING TUESDAY—WEDNESDA In the Fascinating Four-Act Romance A dramatic creation by F. Marion by Espy Willlame Presented in th aracterize Mre. Brune's appearance YORK CITY | any local paper. although it is sate to say | | that there was some redeeming work done | | at one of the presentations by | 1f not by all | Herein is another suggestion that Omaha people have no use for Omaha people i someone, | We hear a good deal of talk about “standing up for Omaha.” 1 have already alluded to that in this column and I have | Sumptuously Staged. | stated that there is absolutely no use in pounding out that old edict, as the street | car company makds all do that—in fact, it | makes us mot only stand up, but it also | makes us hang on to a strap—but, iuci- | dentally, would it not be a good idea 1o | circulate a motte with this fimseription. | “Stand up for Omahans.” Omaha can take care of itseif, but Omaha people should boost each other. What.do you think? Of course, when one writes in this way he it accused of “roasting,” “kicking,” “knocking” and so forth. Let the accusa- tion be made, I can accept it, if only some one perscn may be induced to look at the | situation and wonder why it is that musical | events by Omaha people never receive ome- | tenth of the encouragement extended ‘o outsiders. A little bracing up on the | | “home talent” plan would mot hurt any. | The second Lenten musicale was post- | poned from yesterday until March 28. WALLACE MUNRO Presents MRS. BRUNE “UNORNA” Magnificently Costumed. Marvelous Electrical Elfects. PRICES— Matinee, 25¢ to $1; Night, 25¢ to $1.50. ONE NIGHT ONLY—THURSDAY. The Most Marvelous Band Le atinee Wedn sday. Crawford. Prepared for the stag e same complete manner that will at"the GARRICK THEATRE. NEW 5 der in the Worid CREATORE ® [TALIAN BAND 60—MUSICIANS—60 Direc( from One Hundred Nights in Broldway New York City PRICES—25c, 50c, 75¢ and $1.00. Ak-Sar-Ben has again proved his allegi- ance to the cause -of progress and promo- | tion of Omaha's interests by putting his | official seal to the contracts which secure | for us the appearance of Norica, Edouard | de Reszké and the Metropolitan Opera ' | House orchestra at the May festival. This is in addition to the attractions already | announced. Long live Ak-Sar-Ben! The Board of | Governors took up the matter of this big | engagement two weeks ago and gave much | of their time to its conmsideration. They | have the gratitude of every music student | | in this etty. { A plano recital was given last Saturday | by the pupils of Miss Helen Mackin. | S At the piano recital to be given tomorrow night by Hambourg, the eminent planist, the program will consist of Rameau “Gavotte amd Variations,” the sonata | Appassionata of Beethoveh, Des Aben (Schumann a group of Chopin number: “melodie” (Gluck-Sgambatti), the Schu- | bert-Tausig “Marche Militaire,” and the | Liszt transeription of Mendelssohn's wed- ding march. THOMAS J. KELLY. ’ EGHOES OF THE His royal highness, “VL—EC—TJ—65," 18 one of the most discussed persons in the city this week in Masonic circles and many would like to know who and what he {1s. The third royal medina-annota has sent to practically all of the Masons of the city | urgent invitations to be present at the | imllqln ball to be held Friday night at Free Mason hall, and there will be some- | | thing doing that night of which no man can tell to a certainty, but just who will bfii‘ |doing it will be known only when 10:30 o'clock arrives that night and the mnk-‘ !"nrn by all present will be removed. i | The individual in whose honor this func- | tion Is to be given is no ordinary person A.DG already his representative has made a {demand upon Mayor Moores mot only to abdicate for the evening and turn a por- tion at least of the city over to him, but be has also commanded the mayor to be present in bis train and has promised to see that while the chief executive of the is enjoying the pleasures of the even- | ing under mask the affairs of the commu- | mity will be in good hands. Like notice has been served upon L. A. Welsh, the local weather forecaster, to have on tap his best brand of March weather or be prepared to take to the woods for safety. | For the next week there will be business | at the ball every night, as (he people in | charge of the coming entertainment are | making strenuous efforts to surpass any- | thing of the kind ever seen in the city, | and at the same time there are few of | those who are to take part who know who | the other participants are to be, for the secrecy which has been thrown around the | affair so far ac the public Is concerned has | been carried out within the walls and the | concealed workers can only be addressed by the number which they wear upon their coat or gown. The first bumber on the program Friday | cight will be a march by the chief digni | tary and his attendants. The procession will form on the third floor of the build- | ing and march Inte the banquet hall promptly at §:30. In this train will be the | mavyor of the city and the chief d'gnitaries of the occasion. Twenty glants will be the guard of honor for this dist'ngu'shed pariy and they will be preceded by twenty women. who have been especially selected | | figure. The piyers will Jead this march | to the banquet hall and after the party reaches that room there will be something doing for & few minutes before the grand { march begins. The pari~ will then lead | the grand march of the maiked vis tors and | | the dance program will heg'n. Music will | be furpished by Dimmick's orchestra | Nebraska lolige No. 1. Knights of Pythias, !had & very interesting meeting Monday night. There was present s Mr. Holmer who assisted Justus H. Ratbbone in 18% in founding the order in the city of Wash- | ington, D. C., but before the organization was completed Mr. Holmes became a wol- dier in the war of the rebellion His brie! account of the organization of the order was especislly interesting. end for wvarious reasons is it interesting (o Ne brasks lodge No. 1, because it was the first Jodge instituted this side of the Alle- ghaney mountains, and because its founder, Colopel Crager, is now living in the city snd bis father-in-law, & Mr. Taylor, now | = | | | Cuba, | shortly | four or five | its | convention | Clans, for their grace of carriage and beauty of (A | coin FRIDAY-SATURDAY NIGHTS—Matinee Saturd “CAL! UP” NO. 191! They Are Selling Seats for Kerker & Morton’s N. Y. Casino Success THE TELEPHONE GIRL DIRECTION OF MAX FLOHN. . ALL THE PRETTY “HELLO GIRLS” PRICES—atinee, 25¢c, 50c, Night, 25¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00. jonal Churh First C MONDAY, MARCH Sth. AT S;5 P. SHARP. THE GREAT RUSSIAN PIANIST. Admission—Reserved seats, Tic and §1.90. General Admission, 5. Seats on sale now the A. Hospe Co. Mr. Kelly .... TEACHER OF Singing, Téne Production Interpretation Davidge Block, 18th and Farnam living in this city, is believed to be the oldest member now living of the order. Mr. Holmes is temporarily in the city. Another interesting feature of last Mon- day night's sessica was the presentation to the lodge of a gavel made from a Spanish | gun carriage, which found at Matanzas, by Charles Peck, member of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana volun- tee The wood was secured by bim after they landed, December 19, 1890. Mr. Peck is now a member of Ne- braska No. 1 and a resident of this city. There were four initiations last Monday night in the rank of page, and there will be in the ramk of esquire mext Monday night Much interest is manifest in No. 1, and outlook for the year is bright. Ruth Rebecca degree, Independent Order of 0dd Fellows, will hold a milk-maid's at 0dd Fellows' hall, Four- teenth and Dodge streets, Saturday even- ing at 8 o'clock. Omaba tent, Knights of the Maccabees, has had a photograph taken of the degree team, which will be hung upon the wall of the hall. Thursday night will be the gala event of the year for the camp, as & number of candidates wil! be Inifiated and literary program will be carried out Clan Gordon No. 63, Order of Scottish held their regular meeting Tuesday night in Continental building and the st- tendance was good. Obe new man was fni- tisted, one more applied for admission and two others were accepted by baliot. After | business the soclal hour was quite a fea- tura, c There was & friendly debate between Troup and A. Peacock upon the valu of a receipt. Other entertainers were IR G son, W. R. Adams, T. Fulconer. John Trench and es C. Lindsay. There is much sickness among the mem- bers at present, but (hey are baving every care and attention Meccs court No. was presenied with a banner Priday night, won by reason of having secured the largest additions to membership during the last tbree months. H. C. M. Burgess of Lin- state mepager, made the present tion, before & large audience. After the ceremonies were over rifreshments were served. Mecca court hopes to hold the banner for & year, at the end of which time the emblem will become the preperty of the court Redfield, C. C. Rouser and A. E. will represent Seymov® camp. Woodmen of the World, at the head camp meeting to be beid at Ksnsas City oo March 10. 13, Tribe of Ben Hur, | Telephone 1581. Week Commencing Sun, Mat,, March 8 Today 2:15. Tonight 8:15. Murphy and Nichols 1 Presenting “The Bifurcated Girl." Nelson's Comiques Comical Atrob\!le Frolicers in “Fun at Morrissey and Rich Contributing “Merry Moments. Mason, Keeler & Co. 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